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Wandsworth 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
No cases of Diphtheria were notified as having occurred in
children attending the following elementary schools in the
Borough :—
In Clapham :—
Aristotle Road.
Christchurch.
Haselrigge Road.
New Park Road.
New Road.
St. Mary's Roman Catholic, Crescent Lane.
In Putney:—
Girls' School, Walker's Place.
In Streatham:—
Christchurch, Roupell Park.
Hitherfield Road.
Holy Trinity, Upper Tulse Hill.
Nightingale Square Roman Catholic.
Fircroft Road.
In Tooting
Fountain Road.
In Wandsworth:—
Eltringham Street.
Frogmore.
St. Michael's.
St. Thomas's.
W andle.
Warple Way.
In all, 19 schools remained free from Diphtheria, compared
with 21 in 1908.
Of the total number of cases of Diphtheria, eight or 2.1 per
cent. occurred among children under one year, 117 or 30.8 per
cent. among children from one to five years, 195 or 51.4 per cent.
from five to 15 years, 28 or 7.3 per cent. from 15 to 25 years, and
32 or 8.4 per cent, from 25 to 65 years.
| SCHOOLS. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July- | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 8 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 138 |
| WANDSWORTH. | |||||||||||||
| All Saints' | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Brandlehow Road | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Earlsfield | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Garratt Lane | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Merton Road | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| St. Ann's | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| St. Faith's | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| St. Joseph's | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Southfield | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Swaffield Road | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Waldron Road | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| West Hill | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Private Schools | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 39 |
| Grand Total | 14 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 177 |
| Schools outside Borough | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| No School | 16 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 148 |
| Incorrect diagnosis | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 45 |
| Total | 38 | 39 | 45 | 42 | 32 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 26 | 30 | 23 | 36 | 380 |